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draco

Taxon

Dracaena draco (L.) L.

Protologue Syst. Nat., ed. 12. 2: 246. 1767 [15-31 Oct 1767]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
EDGE • Endangered
Dracaena draco--CA. UCLA. Mathias Bot. Gard. 13 Feb 03. 177.jpg

Dracaena draco--CA. UCLA. Mathias Bot. Gard. 13 Feb 03. 177.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Dracaena draco--CA. UCLA. Mathias Bot. Gard. 13 Feb 03. 179.jpg

Dracaena draco--CA. UCLA. Mathias Bot. Gard. 13 Feb 03. 179.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Dracaena draco--CA. UCLA. Mathias Bot. Gard. 13 Feb 03. 176.jpg

Dracaena draco--CA. UCLA. Mathias Bot. Gard. 13 Feb 03. 176.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Dracaena draco--CA. UCLA. Mathias Bot. Gard. 13 Feb 03. 178.jpg

Dracaena draco--CA. UCLA. Mathias Bot. Gard. 13 Feb 03. 178.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Endemic to Canary Is.; introduced into Azores, Baleares, Madeira, New Zealand North, Sardegna, Tunisia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

February 13, 2003

Location

United States, Idaho, Idaho (Apolo, Mathias Botanical Garden)

-14.423056, -67.923889

Location Remarks

Los Angeles. UCLA campus, Westwood

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Asparagaceae

Genus

Dracaena

Specific Epithet

draco

Authorship

(L.) L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 12.4

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

EDGE List

Threat status

Endangered

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

5.8

Global rank

#2,569 of 335,497

Top 0.8%

Extinction probability

48%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →